The Primordial World's First Blessed Land

This Western Pure Land, though repaired by a Sage, is still in ruins. Special terrains appear frequently, requiring even Lu Tian to proceed with caution.

After several years of rapid travel, he finally stopped for the first time.

He chose a stable location to establish a cave dwelling, set up formations to conceal himself, and began to recuperate.

As he entered a state of meditation, his consciousness sank into the Zero World.

To his immense surprise, the Five Great Vajras had already developed sentience.

The Blue Vajra, in particular, showed understanding and, feeling lonely, sacrificed its origin to create dozens of small Vajras with two heads and four arms.

Most remarkably, two of these small Vajras comprehended Yin and Yang, completing the first life-giving creation within the Zero World.

The marvel of virtuality and reality giving birth to each other manifested once more: Lu Tian only needed to provide slight guidance, and the world could evolve on its own.

With this discovery, he simply observed this realm grow naturally.

A hundred years later, the Zero World produced a Blue Vajra tribesman with a single head and two arms.

Lu Tian truly felt the joyous celebration of the Blue Vajra tribe.

At this very moment...

Another materialized strand of Merit Power fed back into his body.

Lu Tian pondered briefly, then refined the Merit gained from creating the Vajras and the birth of new life together.

RUMBLE!

A tsunami-like roar erupted within him!

Vast spiritual energy poured into his body like a raging tide.

The power of Merit surged through his meridians, accelerating the spiritual energy absorption efficiency.

Lu Tian clearly perceived his cultivation efficiency skyrocketing geometrically.

Tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold...

It finally settled at a three-thousandfold increase!

At this moment, the cultivation gains from a single breath were equivalent to three thousand exhalations of the past.

Lu Tian was completely immersed in this cultivation state, his heart stirred immensely.

This kind of exhilaration... no wonder all beings seek Merit!

He roared inwardly, greedily devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.

With sufficient Merit support, at this three-thousandfold efficiency, he would definitely advance to Taiyi Golden Immortal within thirty years.

However...

He had only refined two strands of Merit in the end.

Barely half an hour later, this amplification receded like a tide, and his cultivation speed returned to its slow pace.

Even so, Lu Tian was ecstatic!

This half hour of cultivation was equivalent to two months of arduous practice from before.

It must be known that these two strands of Merit did not come from perfecting the Vajra Body, but from the feedback of the illusory world.

His cultivation was still shallow, and the completeness of the Zero World was limited, allowing it to barely function.

If his cultivation advanced or the world's completeness increased, the feedback would undoubtedly be even more abundant.

Unlike other great beings in the Primordial World, he had a stable channel for acquiring Merit!

Even the immeasurable Merit from the Three Pure Ones' creation of the heavens could not be obtained as continuously and stably as his.

If he could also mend his inherent flaws, combined with Merit acceleration...

Thinking of this, Lu Tian involuntarily swallowed.

His desire to explore other Spiritual Mountains grew even stronger.

[Host has arrived at Wushou Mountain Blessed Land, received system reward: Cloud-Treading Boots]

The system notification sounded in his ears.

After three hundred years of flight, Lu Tian had finally reached the first Blessed Land marked on the map.

This mountain was exceptionally spiritual, vibrant with life amidst the verdant bamboo.

However, the mountaintop was shattered, forming a massive crater.

Scorching lava spewed from the opening, destroying the beautiful scenery wherever it flowed.

The most unique aspect of this peak lay here.

Only the areas where the lava flowed were utterly devastated, yet every inch of land immediately adjacent to the lava's edge still grew dense bamboo forests.

Upon first seeing this scene, Lu Tian was deeply shocked, even suspecting that some earth-shattering secret was hidden here.

He later learned that the mountain's rock structure was special, extremely cold and a very poor conductor of heat.

Such an extremely cold place should not have supported any life, but due to the presence of the scorching lava, it perfectly balanced the surrounding temperature, creating the miraculous coexistence of bamboo forests and lava.

The marvels of creation in the Primordial World were truly beyond imagination.

Unfortunately, these strange rocks were worthless to Lu Tian and not worth the effort to mine.

He casually took out a system reward—

A pair of snow-white boots embroidered with cloud patterns.

With a slight thought, the boots were on his feet.

These boots were as light as a feather, yet they were undoubtedly a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, containing twenty restrictions. Not only could they greatly increase his escape speed, but they could also help the wearer merge into space for traversal.

The cloud patterns on the boots formed a formation on their own. When activated, they could traverse 108,000 miles in an instant, comparable to the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's Somersault Cloud.

Furthermore, they possessed the effects of treading on air without falling, wading through water without getting wet, and entering fire without being burned. Even in water, fire, or underground, one could walk as if on level ground.

Although not as heaven-defying as the Sage-level comprehension and illusory worlds he had obtained twice before, Lu Tian was still quite satisfied.

After all, how rare were those first two opportunities—

One was the Western First Blessed Land, the sacred ground of the Western Teachings!

The other was a realm of illusion in the Primordial World, the Dream World!

Such top-tier blessed lands were rare even in the vast Primordial World.

As for this Wushou Mountain, despite its peculiar scenery, it was nothing special. Similar places could be found everywhere in the east.

Lu Tian injected his immortal energy into the Cloud-Treading Boots, and his figure immediately became elusive. In an instant, he had traversed the entire Wushou Mountain.

The speed increase was truly astonishing, boosting his speed by eighteen times and greatly increasing his exploration efficiency.

Within a few years, the entire mountain range, inside and out, had been thoroughly explored.

Even the magma at the heart of the mountain was easily navigated thanks to the Cloud-Treading Boots.

As expected, he found nothing.

When Lu Tian stepped out of the magma, his robes were spotless, not even a single wrinkle left.

These Cloud-Treading Boots were indeed incredibly useful. In the past, traversing magma, deep water, or spatial rifts would consume a large amount of immortal energy, but now it was as easy as flipping a hand.

Lu Tian, with the Cloud-Treading Boots on his feet, gracefully stepped into a spatial rift, opening a passage and continuing leisurely towards the northwest.

With his greatly increased speed, even though Lu Tian searched meticulously along the way, it only took him twenty years to reach the second blessed land.

[Host has discovered the Xiluo River Blessed Land and received a system gift: Ice Lotus]

This meandering stream, stretching for a thousand miles, was but a drop in the ocean of the vast Primordial World. The riverbed was almost dry, with a maximum depth of only 100,000 zhang. However, due to the collapse of the earth veins, it was fraught with danger—frequent earth vein compressions and leaking malevolent energy could instantly annihilate anyone who touched them.

As Lu Tian traced the river upstream, he discovered that the special characteristic of this river was the gathering of a massive number of wandering souls. Every mile of water was filled with tens of thousands of spirits. Because Houtu had not yet established the cycle of reincarnation, these souls could only survive by drawing nourishment from the river water, and some even gave birth to rogue ghost kings at the Heavenly Immortal realm, all of whom he had killed with a single move.

The true reward was bestowed by the system: a sixth-grade Ice Lotus. This mid-grade innate spiritual root produced one petal every sixty years, fully blooming in six hundred and sixty years. Its lotus seeds could sever inner demons, solidify the Dao Foundation, and add a thousand years of cultivation. Lu Tian sealed the blooming Ice Lotus into his storage and continued heading northwest.

The third location, Phoenix Forest, was a misnomer—before him lay only a forest of phoenix trees with surging earth fire. When viewed from above, the treetops outlined the silhouette of a crow, yet his divine sense detected many Heavenly Immortals and Golden Immortals residing there. As soon as Lu Tian set foot in the forest, the system notification sounded again.

[Host has arrived at the secret realm, Phoenix Forest, and received a system gift: Glazed Heart Pearl]

A hoarse voice suddenly sounded in Lu Tian's ears.

"Junior, state your name and origin!"

"Hand over all spiritual treasures and stones, and I may take you as my servant."

"Otherwise—"

A chilling laugh tore through the air. Lu Tian narrowed his eyes and looked towards the source of the sound.

As black feathers unfurled, an eighty-zhang demonic body obscured the sky.

"A mere crow spirit dares to call itself Taiyi?"

Lu Tian's fingertips brushed the hilt of the sword at his waist, startling the crow demon, whose wings exploded.

"Seeking death!"

Crimson and black flames surged into the sky, and the onlookers' divine senses intertwined like a net.

"He just reached Golden Immortal and dares to provoke the Crow Daoist? That pair of cloud-treading boots is indeed extraordinary..."

Before the whispers died down, the scorching sky suddenly split open with a streak of green light.

High above, the Crow Daoist let out a piercing shriek, its claws instantly turning crimson gold, engulfing Lu Tian in flames!

"Passable. This move is somewhat interesting," Lu Tian commented leisurely.

"Arrogant! Accept your death!"

The Crow Daoist's eyes flashed with fierce light. Before he finished speaking, he had already appeared before Lu Tian, his sharp claws aimed directly at his crown!

Where the claw wind passed, Lu Tian's crown shattered!

The Crow Daoist's lips curled into a sinister grin, only to see the Lu Tian before him dissipate like smoke—it was merely an afterimage!

The void suddenly tore open, and Lu Tian's figure materialized behind him.

Without warning, he instantly transformed into a hundred-zhang Vajra Dharma Form, towering and majestic!

Most captivating was the Dao rhythm scepter clutched in the Vajra's hand, its pressure like a tidal wave!

Vajra Scepter!

The moment Crow Daoist sensed the Vajra Dharma Form, his entire body trembled violently!

In his haste, he spat out a stream of his primordial fire!

Lu Tian neither dodged nor yielded, the scepter smashing down with a roar!

Pfft--

Crow Daoist spewed ** blood, a mist of it filling the sky!

His body plummeted towards the earth like a falling star, kicking up a thousand-zhang dust storm!

The entire Phoenix Forest fell into dead silence.

As if no one was there.

Lu Tian picked up the dying Crow Daoist, the divine flames around him flickering like a candle in the wind.

His spine was smashed to pieces, his body shriveled like worn leather.

More pathetic than he'd imagined.

Lu Tian sighed softly.

Perhaps he was just too strong—with the Vajra Dharma Form, Vajra Scepter, and Cloud-Treading Boots, all three treasures adorning him, how could an ordinary Golden Immortal withstand even a single blow?

This Crow Daoist was merely a frog in a well within the Phoenix Forest.

Invincible in the Golden Immortal realm?

Ridiculous.

He was just a young man who gained fame early.

Lu Tian, losing interest, tossed him aside with a flick of his wrist.

Boom--

Crow Daoist's mangled body crashed into a cave dwelling, the Great Nirvana Art hidden within him erupting violently!

As the smoke and dust cleared, only emptiness remained.

The most vocal unlucky fellow had already followed Crow Daoist to the Yellow Springs.

When the Vajra Dharma Form receded, cheers like tidal waves erupted from all over the Phoenix Forest:

"Welcome, Dao Venerable, for purging evil! Please, Dao Venerable, take charge of the Phoenix Forest!"

"Daoist priest, that Crow Daoist committed countless evils, snatching our magic artifacts for his cultivation. Thank you, Daoist priest, for delivering justice for us!"

"Heavens! Crow Daoist is dead, truly dead!"

The sudden eruption of cheers caught Lu Tian slightly off guard.

Those who didn't know would have thought some Immortal Venerable had descended, shaking the universe.

He casually stopped someone to ask, finally understanding the reason.

It turned out this Phoenix Forest was a rare convergence of spiritual veins in the Western Regions.

Many cultivators who couldn't establish themselves in the East had fled here to take refuge and cultivate.

Crow Daoist was the cream of the crop among them.

With his mastery of fire control, he had forced everyone to bow down and submit.

The earlier claim that he was invincible in the Golden Immortal realm wasn't entirely an exaggeration; the other Golden Immortals in the forest were indeed no match for him.

He had also gathered several Golden Immortal cultivators, effectively becoming the overlord of the Phoenix Forest. New cultivators had to offer treasures before they could cultivate here.

Lu Tian had simply walked the path everyone had to take today.

It was just that his strength was immense, and he had directly killed Crow Daoist.

Lu Tian shook his head, uninterested in such trivial matters.

The situation in the West was already set; it was merely a minor squabble.

The true powerhouses were all in the East!

That was where the heroes contended!

Countless mighty beings displayed their divine abilities, Quasi-Saints were as numerous as stars, Grand Unity experts were seen everywhere, and Taiyi Golden Immortals were not even worth mentioning!

The Witch-Demon War swept across all races, and the fall of Grand Unity experts and Quasi-Saints was commonplace.

As for Golden Immortals...

They were nothing more than ants!

Ultimately, one had to go East. Lingering in the West would only lead to the fate of a mountain overlord.